Blog stats

Blogger recently introduced "Stats" as one of their many services (ok, maybe not recently... I actually just found it the other day). It compiles statistics from your blog about how often posts have been accessed, how people are getting linked to your blog, and, most interestingly, where people who view your blog come from. Not surprisingly, most people are reading my blog from the United States or Thailand... but there's also an interesting mix of other countries:

Now, I can guess who the people in the Netherlands are and link together the people in South Africa (a friend in Namibia?) and possibly even someone in Malaysia but I have no idea who's viewing my blog from Taiwan, Germany, Canada, Ukraine, or Belgium. Pretty cool! If you're in any of these countries, please let me know who you are :)

(I also love the fact that Alaska and ALL OF CANADA gets highlighted on the map... makes me feel like I have wider coverage than I actually do. In fact, I probably have one small dot around Pennsylvania from my parents and another somewhere in the middle of Washington state from a friend who's currently being stalked by tumbleweeds. Now I just need one reader in Russia and another in China to make it look like I'm really taking over the world!)